guns and weapons

Weapons & Tactics

Gun. Knife. Bomb. Vehicle-Ramming. Suicide Attack. Mixed Method Assault. Terrorists face a variety of choices when it comes to weapons and tactics. Learn more about trade-offs and specific preferences.

Major Reports

Exploding Stereotypes: The Unexpected Operational And Demographic Characteristics of Boko Haram’s Suicide Bombers
Remotely Piloted Innovation: Terrorism, Drones and Supportive Technology
The Rationale of Political Assassinations
Deadly Vanguards

Sentinel Articles

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The Urgent Need for an Overhaul of Global Biorisk Management
A View from the CT Foxhole: Lawrence Kerr, Former Director, Office of Pandemics and Emerging Threats, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
A New Age of Bioterror: Anticipating Exploitation of Tunable Viral Agents
A Prison Attack and the Death of its Leader: Weighing Up the Islamic State’s Trajectory in Syria

Other Commentary

The Globalization of Martyrdom
Motives for Martyrdom
A Profile of Midhat Mursi al-Sayyid ‘Umar: Abu Khabab
Defeating Terrorism

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